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John Eugene McGillicuddy (born January 19, 1941) is an American neurosurgeon, professor, and brachial plexus researcher.

Early Life
McGillicuddy was born in Ashland, Massachusetts, in 1941 to second-generation Irish immigrants. His parents, Eugene and Honorah Theresa McGillicuddy (née McGuiness), had no other children. His mother was a teacher while his father worked in a clockmaking factory. He was baptized Roman Catholic. As a youth, he attended both primary and secondary school in Ashland. McGillicuddy played football on the Ashland High School football team, but has described himself as a player lacking in much talent, despite standing at 6'3. As a youth, McGillicuddy found an interest in medicine when reading copies of Clinical Symposia given to him by the town physician, who was a friend of his father. In addition, McGillicuddy found old human anatomy cross-section textbooks to be fascinating -- his favorite of which he still keeps.

Education
Academically successful, McGillicuddy graduated from Ashland High School in 1958 and soon began courses at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester. As he came from a poor family, he worked for a furniture moving company during the summer to pay for his tuition, and lived with an aunt in order to avoid the costs of university housing. McGillicuddy was classmates with future NIAID director Anthony Fauci. He graduated cum laude in 1962 with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology. He then attended Dartmouth Medical School, then a two year program, and graduated with a bachelor of Medical Sciences degree in 1964. McGillicuddy then went on to Harvard Medical School, where he graduated with an M.D. in 1966.